James Cridland and Sam Sethi

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The last word in podcasting news. Every Friday, James Cridland and Sam Sethi review the week's top stories from Podnews; and interview some of the biggest names making the news from across the podcast industry. Winner, "Best Podcasting Podcast", 2025 Ear Worthy Awards Support the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: start podcasting - keep podcasting!

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James Cridland and Sam Sethi

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To edit or not to edit that is the question? Castopod v1.0 launches, Squadcast awarded US Patent, Is podcasting coming to TikTok? YouTube advertising for podcasters? 20.10.2022 2:03:09

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Podland supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps Special Guests: Neal Vigelio - Podknows Benjamin Bellamy - Ad Aures Yassine Doghri - Ad Aures Show Notes & Links After 3+ years, it's OFFICIAL … SquadCast. FM has been awarded a US patent for our Recording Engine with Pro...

Spotify layoffs, it's just business? Todd Cochrane 1,628 not out! Podcast.ai brings back Steve Jobs? Phase 6 of Podcast Index announced! 14.10.2022 1:41:39

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Podland supports both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps Special Guests: Todd Cochrane Alban Brooke Show Notes & Links: Spotify is cancelling eleven of its original shows . Those cancelled represent less than 2% of Spotify’s more than 500 original podcasts; but it’s likely to result...

Skye Pillsbury from newsletter 'The Squeeze' talks about 'What Does "Big Money Podcasting" Look Like?' both now and in the future, as layoffs continue and shows are cut. 07.10.2022 1:22:29

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We support both transcripts and chapters, if your podcast app doesn’t then grab a new app from podnews.net/newpodcastapps Special Guest Skye Pillsbury - The Squeeze The Squeeze Newsletter Article What Does "Big Money Podcasting" Look Like? Show Notes + Links: Joe Rogan is no longer #1 in Podnews’s Ranker Anchor continues to lose market share...

iHeartMedia purchased podcast plays to game their download numbers and the IAB says it's ok!? John Spurlock talks OP3.dev and how it could help filter this bad practice. 30.09.2022 1:29:59

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail SPECIAL GUESTS: Morten Strunge - Podimo John Spurlock - OP3.dev SHOW NOTES & LINKS: Podcast companies are buying short podcast plays within mobile game apps , causing official downloads of shows no one may be playing longer than twenty seconds according to Bloomberg 's Ashley Carman. Time has also published the story outside a paywall . Players...

Spotify launch audiobooks, it costs extra. Acast layoff 15% seeking profitability. Transistor.fm supports the Open Podcast Prefix Project. Ivy.fm supports multiple Podcast Index Namespace tags. RSS Blue supports Alby and Fountain digital wallets. 23.09.2022 56:17

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Sponsors: Buzzsprout Ads can now Monetize Your Back Catalog, by finding insertion points in your entire back catalogue automatically. SquadCast invites you to join their new Slack channel, DM @SquadCastFM if you want to join. Notes & Links: Spotify has launched audiobooks (in the US only). Audiobooks are an extra cost and you’ll be taken to a websit...

Podland Extra Interviews: with Dino Sofos, Eric Nuzum and Mike Kadin 18.09.2022 1:04:32

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Special Guests: Dino Sofos - Founder and CEO, Persephonica Eric Nuzum - Co-founder, Magnificent Noise Mike Kadin - Founder and CEO at RedCircle Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Happy 20th birthday RSS, Alby launches profile pages. Spotify rolls out new Podcast UI and 'reasonably soon' will add Audiobooks. 16.09.2022 1:17:14

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Guest Interviews: Eric Nuzum - Magnificent Noise Alex Newall - Rusty Quill Ltd Show Notes: 1. Spotify Spotify is the top podcast network in the US based on reach , according to new data from Edison Research. Spotify now has separate home feeds for Music and Podcasts & Shows! Audiobooks are coming to Spotify “reasonably soon” , according to CFO Paul V...

"Keep Calm and Carry On". BBC R&D launch 'Adaptive Podcasting' and Alby launch a new SAT's dashboard. 09.09.2022 1:01:56

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Guest Interviews Ian Forrester - BBC R&D - Adaptive Podcasting Rene Aaron - Alby - New Dashboard Show Notes The BBC Global News Podcast 's presenter Jackie Leonard, and producer Karen Martin, spoke at Radiodays Asia in Malaysia. The show, which is also recording a special edition at the event, is one of the top-rated shows in many Asian countries,...

You're everywhere or you're no where baby!? Podcasts are coming to YouTube and Twitter should you be on them? Spotify now have ads, transcriptions and maybe comments soon? 01.09.2022 54:32

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail James Cridland and Sam Sethi return for this week's show NEWS: Adam Curry , the “podfather”, spoke with Dave Jones at Podcast Movement 2022, explaining the history of open podcasting, the Podcast Index and the features available with the new podcast namespace Edison Research and Sounds Profitable issued reports at Podcast Movement, Dallas The Pod...

Live from Dallas: open podcasting, what to do with Spotify, and where the medium is going 26.08.2022 1:11:23

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We're sponsored by Buzzsprout and SquadCast. James Cridland joined Todd Cochrane from Blubrry, Rob Greenlee from Libsyn, Tangia Estrada from BIPOC Podcast Creators, and Heather Osgood from The Podcast Broker and True Native Media. This week, the show is from the New Media Show, live on stage at Podcast Movement. This version has been lightly edited...

Podverse mobile supports Alby. Libsyn expands to Europe and Canada. Spotify filters music from podcasts. Podnews launches podcastnamespace.org. Oprah protects her trademark and ASA fines Steven Bartlett. 18.08.2022 1:01:06

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail This week's stories discussed by James Cridland and Sam Sethi The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against Huel and The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett . We asked Paul Chantler , one of the UK’s media law experts, how should you keep your host-read podcast ad legal ? Oprah Winfrey’s company has filed a lawsuit against...

Podcast neighbourhoods, paying to be a guest, and podcast:verify. Evo Terra sits in for Sam Sethi. 11.08.2022 1:02:40

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Evo Terra joins James Cridland this week, while Sam drinks wine in Europe somewhere. Evo's podcast is at podcast pontifications and he runs simpler.media Special Guest: Dan Misener co-founder of Bumper . Podcast guests are paying up to $50,000 to appear on popular shows, and the podcasts don’t disclose it, according to a piece from Ashley Carman in B...

Who should pay to play? Should guests pay hosts or should listeners pay hosts? #value4value #transparency #trust. Is Thread.land the best place to leave your comments? 04.08.2022 1:15:31

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Guest Interviews John Spurlock - Thread.land Matt Medeiros - Castos Show Notes Acast has released the company’s Q2/22 financial report . The Swedish company now hosts 66,000 podcasts (a record growth last quarter); the number of listens in the quarter increased 41% year-on-year. The company lost $11m in the quarter, though now expects to make EBITDA pro...

Good Morning Podcasters! Alby Wallet API delivers Value 4 Value. Hosts RSS.com and Castos deliver integrated wallets. Podchaser API delivers transcripts. Podcast Index delivers descriptions and Spotify delivers Q2 financial results. 29.07.2022 1:15:21

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Guest Interview Alberto Betella - CTO RSS.com Show Notes Podcast host RSS.com is to announce integration with Alby this week: enabling value 4 value for thousands of podcasts. You’ll be able to activate and link your Alby account with your podcast in RSS.com’s dashboard . RSS has produced a video showing how it works on their platform Monetize your @Casto...

Acast buys Podchaser: we talk to both CEOs (and ask about spam); plus, Alby, the simple cryptowallet for podcasters 21.07.2022 1:14:19

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Special Guests Moritz Kaminski - Alby Ross Adams - Acast Bradley Davis - Podchaser Show Notes Acast is to acquire Podchaser , the “world’s most comprehensive and authoritative podcast database” in a deal worth $34m . Podchaser , which is expected to make a profit next year, will continue to operate as a separate brand: it contains data of more than 4.5m m...

Hint: It's Really Simple to extend Standards 14.07.2022 1:14:20

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Special Guests: Mitch Downey - Podverse Mike Mignano - Angel Investor and ex-Spotify Show Notes: Michael Mignano , has written a piece about what he calls The Standards Innovation Paradox. In response, James Cridland wrote a long article that basically points out that Apple took the RSS standard and enhanced it. The thing that Mike Mignano says is impossib...

Podverse supports LIT and Video. Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts. Alby, a browser extension for cryptocurrency, adds its own podcaster wallet. 08.07.2022 45:52

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Special Guests Harry Duran - Full Cast Oscar Merry - Fountain App Show Notes Podverse adds support for LIT and Video Support . Podcast Host Ranking from John Spurlock Fountain rewards users for listening to podcasts Blubrry has launched 'podcast media kits’ that update daily Libsyn Studio Anchor podcast fraud . Here’s a link with details on how...

Tom Webster tells us that "creators" are mainly white men under 45 but where are the women? Bloomberg say Spotify's podcast strategy is failing!? Squadcast launch all new v5 and Voiceworks partners with Crowd Network on the Sports Network. 01.07.2022 1:11:48

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Special Guests Tom Webster - Sounds Profitable Zachariah Moreno & Rock Felder - Squadcast Sophie Hind & Jim Salveson - VoiceWorks Show Notes Sounds Profitable released The Creators , a study of the people who create podcasts. Tom Webster revealed that US podcast creators are more diverse than the US population, but are significantly younger and mor...

Acast and GoodPods are building 'Community' by enabling comments. Fountain and UnCut are building 'Community' by rewarding your time & attention? And Spotify are building 'Community' by sharing your music listening with friends but not your podcasts? 23.06.2022 1:15:33

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Special Guests Carlos Diaz - Uncut.fm is a new podcast platform that lets you "mint, share and sell your content as NFTs". Jake Warren - UK podcast production company Message Heard has signed with CAA Show Notes Breaking: Acast+ has announced an integration with Facebook. It allows Acast+ subscribers to offer members-only Facebook groups, as a l...

Interview with Ken Miller from Fathom; Spotify buys an AI voice service, Google Podcasts slips up in Pride Month, Sam looks different to what Adam Curry thinks 16.06.2022 59:17

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Special Guest Ken Miller - CTO Fathom New podcast app Fathom, designed for better podcast discovery, has been launched on iOS and in-browser. It promises you can “ask any question and hear answers from your favourite podcasters and their guests.” https://fathom.fm/podcast/podland-news Show Notes Breaking: Apple Podcasts has published details of how searc...

Buzzsprout's Alban Brooke tells us all about their new mid-roll ads platform. Spotify describe RSS as “outdated technology." while claiming they will reach one billion listeners by 2030 and generate US$100 billion in revenue. 10.06.2022 48:04

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Special Guest Alban Brooke - Head of Marketing at Buzzsprout. Buzzsprout the world’s second largest podcast host, has just formally announced Buzzsprout Ads , letting podcasters buy adverts for their shows (and other podcasters to earn revenue). We’re using them - automatically inserted by Buzzsprout Ads. Show Notes & Links Spotify had an Investor Day...

Dave Jones the Pod Sage talks Value4Value, Sats, Lightning Network, WebLN, Alby and using Hive's Podping to build a new Decentralised Cross App Notifications messaging bus. 02.06.2022 1:18:51

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Sponsors Buzzsprout - last week, 3,210 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser and using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever. Special Guest Dave Jones - Pod Sage from Podcast Index talks about ... Value 4 Value Lightning Network WebLN Alby Hive&...

From the Podcast Show 2022 - Jason Carter on the show; Alberto Betella on dodgy podcasters; Jessica Cordova-Kramer on audio reality 26.05.2022 57:22

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Show notes are coming soon for this episode. Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

Scoop Queen Ashley Carman joins us. Apple announces Podcasts Delegated Delivery. No Anchor or Megaphone. Are you team Spotify or team Apple? RØDECaster Pro II leaked. Curiocaster and Podverse support <podcast:liveItem> tag. 21.05.2022 56:55

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Sponsors Buzzsprout - last week, 3,282 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser and using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever. Special Guest Ashley Carman - Bloomberg Show Notes & Links James Cridland Radio Days Europe - Roundup Selling paid su...

It Sounds Interesting now that Tom Webster has announced he is joining Sounds Profitable. 12.05.2022 59:04

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Sponsors Buzzsprout - last week, 3,437 people started a podcast with Buzzsprout Squadcast - Create high-quality audio and video content just using your browser and using Dolby Enhanced Audio Mastering, they’ll sound better than ever. Special Guest Tom Webster - Sounds Profitable Show Notes & Links Tom Webster has announced he is to join Sounds Profit...